#3156c4

Color #3156c4

A moderately saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Royal Blue #4169e1 · ΔE 8.74 Nearest Tailwind class blue-700 #1447e6 · ΔE 6.1

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Conversions

HEX

#3156c4

RGB

rgb(49, 86, 196)

HSL

hsl(224.9, 60%, 48%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(224.9, 75%, 76.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(75%, 56.1%, 0%, 23.1%)

LAB

lab(40.07, 25.83, -61.27)

LCH

lch(40.07, 66.49, 292.86)

OKLCH

oklch(49.3%, 0.1771, 265.95)

HWB

hwb(224.9, 19.2%, 23.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c49f31

Analogous

#319fc4

#3156c4

#5531c4

Triadic

#3156c4

#c43156

#56c431

Split-complementary

#3156c4

#c45531

#9fc431

Tetradic

#3156c4

#9f31c4

#c49f31

#56c431

Square

#3156c4

#c4319f

#c49f31

#31c455

Shades

Color #3156c4 mixed toward black.

#2948a3

#213983

#182b62

#101d41

#080e21

Tints

Color #3156c4 mixed toward white.

#4e70d3

#728cdc

#95a9e4

#b8c6ed

#dce2f6

Tones

Color #3156c4 mixed toward gray.

#3d5cb8

#4962ab

#56689f

#626e93

#6e7487

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.44:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.26:1

White text reads better on this background (6.44:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#4444b1 · ΔE 7.1

Deuteranopia

#423fac · ΔE 8.5

Tritanopia

#34a09c · ΔE 38.6

Achromatopsia

#5e5e5e · ΔE 26.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #3156c4;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#3156c4]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Navy #000080

Frequently asked questions

#3156c4 (#3156c4) is rgb(49, 86, 196) in RGB.

No, #3156c4 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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